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Date: March 1904

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-q-634-27-3

Description: Lord Ranfurly and party descending a mountain stream on the Huiarau Trail, during their journey from Waikaremoana to Ruatoki. The riders are, from left, Dudley Alexander, James Carroll, Lord Ranfurly and Maui Pomare. Photograph taken by Malcolm Ross, March 1904. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Descending a mountain stream on the Huia-rau trail. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Sliver gelatin print 116 x 90 mm mounted on album page 255 x 287 mm

Date: [1880s-1900s]

From: Field family :Field and Hodgkins family photographs

Reference: PA1-o-167

Description: Family photographs, chiefly taken by William Hughes Field. Many of the views are unidentified, as are many of the portraits and group portraits. Some family members are identified, and a few taken in Botany Bay, Sydney, show Richard John Seddon and James Carroll speaking at a function. One image is a reproduction of a cartoon by William Hodgkins entitled `Mark Twain at the City hall Dunedin, on original sin (The watermelon story) ... A sketch from the stalls by W M Hodgkins' Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green covers, 24 x 31 cm

Date: 24 Sep 1908-24 Oct 1911

From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0407-26

Description: Contains diary entries for the period between 1908 and 1911; the diary entries deal with Keys' family life, including his marriage and the birth and growth of his children, and his professional life, including his work in the Native Land Court and his relationship with Major Mair, James Carroll and other political figures The diary also contains photographs and a postcard from James Carroll, pasted in Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: ca1905

By: Stace, Francis Nigel, 1915-2001

Reference: PAColl-4985

Description: Group includes Richard John Seddon and Alfred Rogers Probably official visit to Blenheim of new Governor, Lord Plunket and Lady Plunket. Plunket was appointed in 1904 and took office in 1905. Seddon died on 10 June 1906. Photograph taken by A McCusker (Blenheim) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca 1896

By: De Loree, Peter P, 1820?-1899; Winzenberg, Albert Edward, 1865-1931

Reference: PA-Group-00177

Description: Two photographs of a Maori picnic at Pigeon Bush on the occasion of the settlement of the ownership of Lake Wairarapa. The first shows a large crowd of men, women and children with Seddon on the right in front of a two-storey wooden house. The second is of the crowd under the trees, one with a concertina, and three men holding up eels they had caught. A photograph of Members of Parliament in the debating chamber. The names given are: Symes, O'Maara, A L D Fraser, J Palmer, Hall, Field, Witheford, Wi Pere, Bennet, Kaihu, Duncan, MIlls, Ward, Cairncross, Stevens, Hogg, F M Smith, Carroll, McGowan and Hall-Jones. A photograph of the opening by Seddon of the Ballance Bridge described as "over Mangahau". It was taken by P De Loree & Son a photographer based in Pahiatua which may indicate the approximate location. The crowd in the foreground is mostly of children and the bridge has been decorated with plants. A photograph of Seddon, Mrs Hogg and Alexander Wilson Hogg opening a bridge. It is captioned at the bottom left "Mangainoka 4.3.1896" but this location has not been identified and the name on the reverse is illegible. Two photographs by Winzenberg of Seddon and others at a Liberal rally near Greytown and at a picnic possibly on the same occasion. Arrangement: Prints also at PAColl-4411-1, PA7-53-25 and PA7-53-26.1 Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [March 1904]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-q-634-46-2

Description: Lord Ranfurly and party at rest on a river bank in the vicinity of Ruatoki, photographed in March 1904 by Malcolm Ross. The stop was possibly occasioned by a breakdown to the carriage. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Kia Ora! A break-down and a pick-me-up! Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 70 x 96 mm mounted on album page 255 x 287 mm

Date: 1903-1930s

From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-63

Description: Includes material on Maori history, geography, science, health, language, placenames, prose, poetry, waiata, New Zealand flora and fauna, the transpacific migration of the Maori, personalities, `Problems of the Maori', `Should Maori have equal rights like Europeans?', religion, Maori artifactual preservation, land claims and Maori art Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter (some with holograph annotations)

Date: ca1895-1902

By: Main, William, 1934-2023

Reference: PAColl-5819

Description: Richard John Seddon and a Liberal Cabinet, with his family, at the residence of the Earle of Crew in 1897, and being presented with a silver trophy by New Zealand Colonists in London in 1902. Quantity: 6 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca1904

Reference: PAColl-6169

Description: A group photographed in front of the meeting house, Tamatekapua, Ohinemutu. Present are the Governor Lord Plunket, Lady Plunket, members of their suite, Sir James Carrol, Sir Maui Pomare, Maori and some Pakeha Item originally acquired for copy and return. On 10 May the depositor decided to donate the item. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [March 1904]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-q-634-55

Description: Lord Ranfurly's party listening to addresses from chiefs at a marae near Mangonui, photographed during the visit of Lord Ranfurly's party to the Far North, March 1904, by Malcolm Ross. James Carroll is seated at the left of centre, in a checked suit. Lord Ranfurly is to his right. Dudley Alexander is second from the right, and Major-General Babington at the extreme right. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Listening to addresse [sic] from the chiefs near Monganui [sic]. The vice-regal party left Te Teko on the morning of 18 March 1904, reaching Auckland (by coach and train) the same evening. They then boarded HMCS Iris and cruised up the east coast. After first landing at the Doubtless Bay cable station, they "proceeded inland from Mangonui to a village where a native meeting was held for the purpose of farewelling Lord Ranfurly". (Source: Malcolm Ross, "Through Tuhoe Land"). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Toned silver gelatin print 147 x 199 mm mounted on album page 255 x 287 mm

Date: 1896

By: Hogg, F M, active 1964

Reference: 1/2-032247-F

Description: Photograph of a large gathering of Maori at Papawai pa, possibly in association with the transfer of Lake Wairarapa to the Government; there are some fishing utensils in the background Same image but cropped on left edge is at 1/2-021463 Papawai pa was the seat of the Maori Parliament at the turn of the 20th century; it was the venue for the transfer of Lake Wairarapa from Wairarapa Maori to the Government, in return for land at Pouakani Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1903

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B081

Description: Contains diary entries that cover farming, business and land dealings in particular; also contains whakapapa, waiata, karakia, address lists, shopping lists, a list of the assets of Taare Turi, a narrative account of historical conflicts involving Wairarapa people and hapu, and copies of letters to Maori people asking for information about the genealogies and activities of their ancestors Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Date: 1899

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-195-64

Description: Scenes in the East Coast, Coromandel and Northland, taken in 1899 during visits by Lord Ranfurly, by unknown photographers. The top photograph (PA1-f-195-64-1) shows Te Tokanganui A Noho meeting house, Te Kuiti. The photograph in the 4th row (PA1-f-195-55-2) shows a group at St Paul's, Whangaroa. The photograph in the 3rd row, left, shows a welcoming party at Kawa Kawa, Hicks Bay. The photograph in the 3rd row, right (PA1-f-195-64-4) shows a haka party at a marae near Gisborne. The photograph in the 2nd row, left (PA1-f-195-64-5) shows an official party at a meeting house near Gisborne. Lord Ranfurly is standing near the right of the group. The photograph in the 2nd row, right (PA1-f-195-64-6) shows a group in front of a kauri log, Kaihu forest. Captain Collin Post of the Tutanekai is standing 3rd from left. Richard John Seddon is 4th from left, and James Carroll is 5th from left. The photograph in the bottom row, left (PA1-f-195-64-7) is a view of Coromandel. The photograph in the bottom row, right (PA1-f-195-64-8) shows a group at Waitangi. Hone Heke MP is standing 4th from left. James Carroll is standing 6th from left, wearing a bowler hat. Richard John Seddon is standing 8th from left. Charles Hill-Trevor is standing 9th from left, with his hand to his face, wearing a top hat. Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Eight photographic prints mounted on album page 416 x 286 mm (page size).

Date: [ca 1800s-1900s]

From: General Assembly Library : Miscellaneous manuscripts

Reference: MS-Papers-10077-3

Description: Includes a letter (circa 1850) from James Brown regarding an unidentified voyage and arrival in Auckland; New Zealand Company share certificate made out to John Henry Lance of Chiswick (September 1847); a circular regarding the Free Presbyterian Church, Auckland (1853); notes on the history of Wellington Hospital; a list of early Pākehā settlers in Wellington; a list of Maori in the greater Wellington area; a list of Maori chiefs and leaders who were welcoming to the New Zealand Company and Europeans; letters regarding the oldest New Zealanders alive at the time of writing (1940); papers regarding a landing at Petone foreshore; notes regarding the baptism of Sir James Carroll together with his brothers and sister at Taradale; and letters from Sir Robert Stout, Sir David Monro, and F H D Bell. Other - Includes transcript of the James Brown Letter by M Donaldson, 2008 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [March 1904]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-q-634-59

Description: The unveiling of a monument to Hau Moe Werangi and Pita Kena (d 1903) at Pouto, Kaipara District, photographed during the visit of Lord Ranfurly's party to the Far North in March 1904, by Malcolm Ross. James Carroll is standing in the foreground, to the right of centre, with Lord Ranfurly to his right, under the umbrella. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Unveiling the Statue at Pouto The vice-regal party sailed from the Bay of Islands to Whangarei in HMCS Iris. After a day in Whangarei they drove to the Wairoa River, where they took a steamer to Dargaville. From here they took a steam tug to Pouto, near the North Head of the Kaipara Harbour. (Source: Malcolm Ross, "Through Tuhoe Land"). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 157 x 207 mm mounted on album page 255 x 287 mm

Date: 19 Apr 1982-3 Feb 1983 - 19 Apr 1982 - 03 Feb 1983

From: King, Michael (Dr), 1945-2004: Collection

By: Cooper, Whina (Dame), 1895-1994

Reference: OHInt-0514/1

Description: This interview took place over a number of months to provide material for Michael King to write the biography of Whina Cooper at her request. Discusses her family background, her father Heremia Te Wake, a Native Land Court assessor and her mother, Kare Pauro Kawatihi. Notes that she was the first child of her father's second marriage. Discusses her father and his attitude to Pakeha,land and mana. Mentions his friend Sir James Carroll and Sir Maui Pomare. Recalls childhood and schooling at Whakarapa Native School and St Joseph's Maori Girls' College in Napier. Describes working in the local store, becoming a teacher trainee at the Pawarenga Native School and then housekeeper at the Catholic presbytery. Recalls considering becoming a nun but changing her mind over a nun's treatment of a child. Talks about her role in fighting for the preservation of the Whakarapa mudflats, being drained by a Pakeha farmer, at the age of eighteen. Describes her interest in land surveyor Richard Gilbert, marriage to him in 1917, living at her parents' home and the birth of a daughter. Describes both parents' deaths and the need for her young family to move. Recalls living on family land at Te Karaka, the birth of another child and assistance from a priest to buy Heremia Te Wake's home and farm and the local store. Describes paying off the loan and building a new shop, post office, community centre and health clinic while husband Richard Gilbert ran the farm and later bought a second farm. Mentions becoming president of a Panguru branch of the New Zealand Farmers' Union and her role in land development in the Hokianga. Comments on Sir Apirana Ngata and legislation enabling Maori to borrow money to clear, drain, grass and fence land. Mentions the establishment of a programme dividing the Hokianga into development schemes and her supervision of the Panguru and Waihou schemes. Talks about the role of senior land consolidation officer William Cooper and the growth of her relationship with him. Talks about the death of husband Richard Gilbert and her intention to marry William Cooper on his divorce. Comments on reaction to this, moving to Kamo with William Cooper and having four more children. Recalls her fund-raising efforts during the war. Describes the return to Panguru of Whina and Bill Cooper after their marriage. Mentions the attempt to organise the building of a meeting house in Panguru. Talks about the death of husband Bill Cooper and going to Auckland. Discusses the beginning of the Maori Women's Welfare League (MWWL) in 1951, her election as President and travelling the country to establish branches. Discusses the work of the League and her role in it. Talks about the establishment of an Auckland urban marae, Te Unga Waka, in 1966. Talks about her health and attitude to medicines. Discusses her involvement in leading the Maori Land March in 1975 and the organisation Te Ropu o te Matakite. Talks about Kupe's discovery of Hokianga harbour. Discusses Father Becker, Archbishop Liston and other Catholic clergy. Talks about custom, carvings and fishing. Interviewer(s) - Michael King Quantity: 5 C60 cassette(s). 5 C90 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.

Date: 1925-1936

From: Cowan family: Collection

By: Cowan, James Robson, 1918-2006; S P Andrew Ltd

Reference: PAColl-10460-14

Description: Comprises mainly photographs of Sir James Carroll and other people. The subjects include Henry Stowell, Te Kai Rakau (Sir James Carroll's uncle), a photograph of the Lindauer painting of Heta Te Haara of Ngāpuhi, Sir Robert Stout. Photographers include S P Andrew. Also an image of the landscape at Arthur's Pass possibly showing Mount Rolleston, with a tarn in the foreground, taken by Roy Cowan in 1936; and an image of a young Māori woman asleep in the porch of a small thatched whare. The annotations on the back include "Hohepa" "Hare Te Heihei" and "Te Moeroa". Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1909 - 1910

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0124

Description: Contains letters and reports relating to the estate Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: 1886,1892,1895,1902,1904,1905

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-129

Description: Contains whakapapa from Wairarapa, Ngati Porou and Tuhoe; also contains notes from the sitting of the Maori Land Court at Wanganui with information about historical occupation and use of land, related whakapapa, the sites of pa and kainga and lists of contemporary owners Also contains notes about the Te Arawa canoe, waiata, a copy of instructions regarding the administration of land in the Wanganui area, and cosmological whakapapa Contains notes about the boundaries of land owned by hapu living around Lake Wairarapa, and the pa and kainga that they lived in; also contains a copy of a letter to Sir James Carroll about the administration and management of reserves near the Lake Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1883-1909

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-011B

Description: Contains notes about the Native Civil List, a draft statement of the aims and objectives of the Young Maori Party (Northern Division), notes for a lecture (by Ngata?) to the St Mary's Society, Timaru, and an address by Ngati Apa chiefs to Hon James Carroll Quantity: 1 folder(s).